Posted on 06/30/2023 11:44:12 AM PDT by Eagle Forgotten
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that if he is elected president he would seek to close four federal agencies as part of an effort to reduce the size of government.
"We would do Education, we would do Commerce, we'd do Energy, and we would do IRS," DeSantis said in an interview with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum when he was asked whether he favored closing any agencies.
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In the current fiscal year, the budgets for the Commerce, Energy and Education departments were $109 billion, $160 billion and $194 billion, respectively, according to government spending data.
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I want to focus on one specific subject: eliminating the Department of Commerce. The three others have previously been targeted by conservative candidates, understandably, but what’s the objection to Commerce? It generally tries to do things that help American business. You could always shut it down and redistribute its functions to other agencies, but that wouldn’t change anything important. What functions is Commerce currently performing that should be eliminated entirely?
OK, Trump, do I hear five! Five? Anyone, do I hear five?
Build quantities huts in nome, AK. The entire depth gets a cot and a land phone, pens and paper. No internet.
Try eliminating the 80%+ unconstitutional portion of the 438 agencies and sub-agencies.
They are all in on “climate science” and AI, both of which can and are sorely abused.
Way to go! That’ll learn that federal government!!
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I think if he just achieved a 50-percent cut on manpower within the group he suggested...would at least start things off right. On the IRS....you need to go to a flat-tax...one-page form agenda, and you’d need a majority of House/Senate members to achieve that.
Meatball won’t do it because it’s the GOP establishment’s official position to tease cutting government to snooker conservatives every election cycle.
Vivek already claimed that for his platform.
Meh, maybe if he said he would be keeping 4 it would interest me.
Try eliminating 350+ unconstitutional agencies and sub-agencies.
Empty the prisons. Offer them 40acres in Siberia. $100+ billion saved. They’ll all have a job chasing minerals and protecting themselves from the Chicoms.
Oh please that’s big talk. He would never could never do it. Just stupid. Pandering at best but not serious. I didn’t say I don’t approve of it. I just don’t think it’s a serious proposal. Why stop at 4? Let’s do Forrest service postal service NPR any climate research ATF FBI Federal Reserve...
I bid six! And I will exile AOC to Cuba!
Let’s make it 90%!
Hey!! If I’m elected President, I’ll “seek to” teach pigs how to sing.
*IF* he could and wound to that it would be worth voting for him.
I doubt that the DS will let that happen.
re: DeSantis says he would eliminate FOUR federal agencies if elected president
My favorite radio host when Vivek proposed the same thing 2 months ago:
NOBODY IS GOING TO ELIMINATE ANYTHING.
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